Tommy Feltz(Thomas Francis Feltz)

BORN

December 28 1882; in Poland

DIED

September 4 1938

HEIGHT

5-5

WEIGHT

105-125 lbs

MANAGER

Al
McMurray

Feltz was a talented boxer who was fast and
clever, along with being tough and willing - and a good hitter too; He was one,
in a long line of talented fighters, who failed to take care of himself
and ended up fighting as a second rater

An article (The Passing of Feltz
) from The Washington (DC) Post, 4/08/07,
tells much about Tommy --"And Feltz! There was the greatest little man who ever donned a
glove. Weight for weight, he was better than McGovern - a better hitter,
more rugged, cleverer, and fully as fast. Now he is earning cigarette
money by being knocked around by second class men who wouldn't last five
rounds with him when he was at his best.

"Dissipation killed
Feltz's ability. He never trained for a bout. I have seen him go into a
ring with the time-honored shave and shampoo, actually yawning from
sleepiness, and beat his man. I have seen him get out of a sick bed and
flght that rugged boy, Kid Goodman, fifteen rounds and get as good as an
even break.

"Why, he fought
Pinky Evans one Monday
night in Schenectady twenty rounds; then, after riding all night in the
cars, fought Goodman fifteen rounds in Boston on the next Tuesday night,
and 'on the following Saturday night boxed six rounds in Philadelphia.
Now he is all in, and last Friday night Willie Moody, who would have
been easy meat for Feltz in his day, made a mess of him.”